TOKYO and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan 27, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. announced today that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted a marketing authorization application (MAA) for lecanemab, an investigational anti-amyloid beta (Abeta) protofibril* antibody, for the treatment of early Alzheimer’s disease (mild cognitive impairment due to […]
TOKYO, Jan 19, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that fully-fledged operations and business activities have begun at Eisai Israel Ltd., a pharmaceutical sales subsidiary recently established in Tel Aviv in the State of Israel (Israel). Eisai Israel is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eisai’s European regional headquarters, Eisai Europe […]
TOKYO, Nov 7, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has entered into an agreement to divest its rights for muscle relaxant Myonal (generic name: eperisone hydrochloride) and vertigo and equilibrium disturbance treatment Merislon (generic name: betahistine mesilate) in Asia (9 countries/regions*) to a subsidiary of DKSH Holding […]
TOKYO, Oct 4, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced that, as part of the strategic investment towards the realization of its medium-term business plan “EWAY Future & Beyond”, it has completed construction of the new injection/research building “Eisai Medicine Innovation Technology Solutions” (“EMITS”) at the Kawashima Industrial Park located in […]
TOKYO, Aug 9, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. and LIFENET INSURANCE COMPANY announced today that they have entered into a capital and business alliance agreement to collaborate in dementia and other areas, with the aim of helping reduce the burden of medical and nursing care for people living in Japan’s […]
TOKYO, Jul 26, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co. Ltd announced today that the company will present research from its Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pipeline, including new data for lecanemab (BAN2401), an investigational anti-amyloid beta (Abeta) protofibril antibody for the treatment of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and mild […]
TOKYO, Apr 1, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that Eisai has acquired a majority of the shares issued by Arteryex Inc., a company that plans and develops software related to digital solutions such as provision of medical information platforms, through purchase of shares and subscription of a third-party […]
TOKYO, Mar 15, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced the following economic arrangements agreed in the amendment to Alzheimer’s disease collaboration agreement with Biogen Inc. separately announced today. Effective as of January 1, 2023, Eisai will receive a tiered royalty on net sales of ADUHELM rather than sharing global profits […]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., and TOKYO, Mar 15, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Biogen Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB) and Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that the companies have amended their existing collaboration agreement on aducanumab, which is commercialized in the United States as ADUHELM (aducanumab-avwa). Effective as of January 1, 2023, Eisai will receive a tiered […]
TOKYO, Mar 4, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. announced today that Eisai has initiated a submission to the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) of application data under the prior assessment consultation system in Japan for the investigational anti-amyloid beta (Abeta) protofibril antibody lecanemab (BAN2401). The lecanemab […]
TOKYO, Jan 6, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has entered into a License Agreement granting the exclusive rights for global research, development, manufacture and sale of the investigational anticancer agent H3B-8800 to a subsidiary of Roivant Sciences Ltd. (Nasdaq: ROIV). H3B-8800 (Roivant’s Development Code: RVT-2001) is […]
TOKYO, Nov 4, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it launches the “Open Network Lab BioHealth Dementia Innovation Challenge (Onlab Bio Dementia)”, a collaborative cultivation program jointly implemented with Digital Garage, Inc., with the aim of contributing to solving issues related to dementia and starts recruiting startups for […]
TOKYO, Sep 14, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has joined “RE100”, the global environmental initiative that aims to shift the electricity used in business activities to 100% renewable electricity. RE100 is an initiative committed to shifting the electricity used in business activities to 100% renewable energy […]
TOKYO, Aug 31, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. and FUJI YAKUHIN CO., LTD. announced today that they have concluded a license agreement concerning dotinurad (generic name), a treatment for hyperuricemia and gout discovered by FUJI YAKUHIN, for development and distribution in five ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) member states: […]
Tokyo and New York, Jun 18, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) announced today that the companies have entered into an exclusive global strategic collaboration agreement for the co-development and co-commercialization of MORAb-202, an antibody drug conjugate (ADC). MORAb-202 is Eisai’s first ADC and combines […]
TOKYO, Jun 15, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has entered into an agreement to divest its rights for the antiepileptic agent Zonegran (generic name: zonisamide) in Europe, the Middle East, Russia, and Australia to Advanz Pharma. Zonegran is an antiepileptic drug (AED) originally created by Dainippon […]
TOKYO, May 11, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has pledged to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emission which causes global warming, with an aim to achieve carbon neutral, and has set its new medium- to long-term target for achieving the goals. – Medium-term target: Achieving 100% renewable […]
TOKYO, Mar 31, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – KYORIN Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of KYORIN Holdings, Inc., and Eisai Co., Ltd. have entered into a license agreement for development and distribution of vibegron, a therapeutic agent for overactive bladder, in four ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) member states; Thailand, the Philippines, […]
TOKYO, Mar 22, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it was selected as one of winners of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Minister’s Award of the New Diversity Management Selection 100 by METI. This marks the first time to be awarded ever since Eisai was […]